Pulgaon Barrage

Pulgaon Barrage

Government of Maharashtra, VIDC Nagpur, had proposed construction of Barrage on Wardha River. Executive Director, VIDC, Nagpur had approved the project under Lower Pulgaon barrage which is designed as united part of Lower Wardha Project. Under this Barrage 10.80 mm3 of water will be stored. The land requirement for the project is 1.62 Ha of private land and 1.66 Ha of Government land. The gross catchment area for the proposed barrage is reported to be 6530 km2 along with 203 km2 of Free Catchment area. The catchment area of Pulgaon barrage falls under two districts namely Wardha and Amravati involving three Talukas which are Deoli, Arvi and Dhamangaon Railway.